Upload a PDF and get a narrated explainer video: Potto reads the text, turns key pages into motion graphics, writes the script and captions, and lets you edit every scene before you export an MP4.
Free to preview and edit. You only pay when you export.
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Each sample shows how Potto can convert PDF to video from a single file and a sentence of direction: an annual report, a course handout, a product manual and a research summary. Select a poster to play it.
16:9 · 59s
A 20-page sustainability report as a wide explainer: three headline numbers, sourcing and roasting changes, then next year's goals.
9:16 · 27s
That same report as a vertical clip that opens on 41%, adds two more headline numbers and closes on one change for 2027.
1:1 · 22s
Three numbers from the report, a sentence each, in a square frame for a feed.
16:9 · 40s
A biology handout as a short lesson: six steps in order, an idea per screen, ending on check-yourself questions.
16:9 · 34s
A kettle quick start manual as a how-to covering first use, setting a temperature and cleaning.
9:16 · 25s
A study summary for phones: its question, three results as big numbers, and its limits.
Potto wrote these sample PDFs; their companies, people and figures are fictional. The videos come from PDF to video AI projects, not recordings of a customer project.
Page 3 of the sample annual report next to the frame it became when we convert PDF to video in a wide format. Numbers on screen come from that page; sentences around them become narration.
Three figures and their labels stay on screen as a short animated list. Numbers, units and names are parts of any PDF that should survive word for word, so they belong in a frame, not only in narration.
Explanations around each figure move into what is spoken and captioned. Print is written to be read at a reader's pace; a script is written to be heard once, so sentences get shorter and their order follows what is on screen.
Compare every number in a frame with its source in the PDF, and read captions for units and qualifiers such as per kilogram. This PDF to video AI chooses which of the first 12 pages to show, so confirm that a page you need appears in a scene.
To convert PDF to video that people watch to the end, first tell the AI what viewers should take away. Your kind of document then decides length, which pages are worth showing and what a script should leave out.
16:9 · 59s
Lead with a conclusion and three to five numbers that support it; 30 to 60 seconds is usually enough for a summary that sends people to your full PDF. Show a page with a key chart or table, and leave methodology and appendices in the document. For a research paper, state its question, result and limits in that order.
16:9 · 40s
Turn one lesson into one video rather than converting a whole course pack. Keep steps in the order your handout teaches them, an idea per scene, and end on a question learners can answer. Diagram pages are worth showing; dense pages of text work better as narration.
16:9 · 34s
Pick a single task, such as first use or cleaning, and show it as numbered steps. Keep exact settings, button names and warnings word for word, because viewers may follow along with a product in hand. Split a long manual into several short videos, a task each.
Use this PDF to video converter online in three steps with the creator above. Previews are free, and a credit price appears before you export.
Upload one PDF file of up to 20 MB, then write a sentence on who your video is for and what they should remember. Potto reads text from up to 100 pages. A project holds up to 8 attachments, screenshots and document files combined.
Read the AI script and storyboard against your PDF. Edit words on screen and voiceover for any scene, swap a screenshot, choose a focus point, or regenerate or replace an illustration. Check that names and numbers still match the source pages.
Watch a preview in your browser for free. When you are ready to convert PDF to video, export a 1080p MP4 at 30 fps in 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1. Credits are charged only when you export, based on length, narration and illustrations.
Many PDF to video converter tools read PDFs aloud, and a file-format video converter only changes the container. Potto's PDF to video AI rewrites a document for viewing: titles, numbers and key points become animated layouts and charts with narration and captions, so your result plays like a finished explainer video rather than a slideshow with a voice.
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Potto reads your PDF text, and Claude Opus 5.5 drafts an outline, storyboard and script; scenes are rendered with Remotion, with AI-generated illustrations and voiceover. For a long document, only its opening part is used to write the script, so put a key section first.
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The first 12 pages of your PDF can be used as images in the video. Our PDF to video AI picks the ones that fit each scene of the storyboard, so not every page appears; you can swap in a screenshot or choose a focus point afterwards.
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Select a brand kit, or turn on the default brand, and its four brand colors are applied to the visuals. Choose a font from Inter, Space Grotesk and Bricolage; your logo appears in opening and closing scenes.
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Choose any of 32 narration languages or let Potto detect a language automatically. Captions highlight each word as it is spoken. Listen once at normal speed for names, numbers and abbreviations taken from the document before exporting.
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This PDF to video converter exports a 1080p MP4 at 30 fps in 16:9 (1920×1080), 9:16 (1080×1920) or 1:1 (1080×1080). Aspect ratio does not change the price, so pick whichever frame fits where your video will play.
A PDF to video converter is one way to start. These guides cover other starting points and tools around a video.
What PDF to video means, which documents work best, and the page limits, edits and prices to know before exporting.
PDF to video is the process of turning a PDF document into a video that presents its content with visuals, narration and captions, so viewers can watch the main points instead of reading a whole file. A basic PDF to video converter shows each page while a voice reads it aloud. Potto is a PDF to video AI: it reads your PDF text, writes a storyboard and script, turns titles, numbers and key points into motion graphics, uses some PDF pages as images, and renders an MP4. It is not a file-format video converter, and it does not film footage or generate a digital presenter.
To convert PDF to video, upload your file in the creator at the top, write a sentence about your audience and goal, and start the project. Potto drafts a script, storyboard, narration and captions; you edit them scene by scene, preview for free in your browser, and export an MP4 once it reads right.
PDFs with selectable text work best: reports, whitepapers, course handouts, product manuals and research summaries. Potto's PDF to video AI writes its script from text it can read, so clear headings, exact numbers and short sections give it more to work with. If a key section sits deep inside a long PDF, move it to the front or upload only that section.
Yes, but the PDF to video AI cannot read text in a scanned PDF. Its page images can still appear as visuals, yet the script gets nothing from what the document says. To convert PDF to video with a full script, upload a version with selectable text when you have one, or put key points and numbers in your brief.
Potto reads text from up to 100 pages of a PDF, and a single file can be 20 MB. For a very long document, only its opening part is used to write the script, so do not expect every section to be covered. The first 12 pages can be used as visuals, and its PDF to video AI picks the ones that fit the storyboard, so not every page appears in your video.
Yes. Before you export, you can edit what the PDF to video AI drafted: the words on screen and the voiceover script for each scene. For visuals, you can swap a screenshot, choose its focus point, regenerate an AI illustration or replace it with your own upload. Preview again after each change.
Yes, when you select a brand kit or turn on the default brand. Its four brand colors are applied to the visuals, the font is your choice of Inter, Space Grotesk or Bricolage, and your logo appears in opening and closing scenes.
Potto's PDF to video converter exports a 1080p MP4 at 30 fps, rendered from your scenes rather than re-encoded like a video converter does with existing files. Choose 16:9 (1920×1080) for a website or presentation screen, 9:16 (1080×1920) for phones, or 1:1 (1080×1080) for feeds. A 4:5 frame and GIF export are not available.
Previewing any PDF video in your browser is free; the PDF to video converter charges credits only when you export. The price depends on video length, narration length and how many AI illustrations you use, and aspect ratio does not change it. For example, a 30-second video with English narration and no illustrations costs 153 credits, and adding 2 illustrations brings it to 199 credits.
Yes. PowerPoint (.pptx) and Word (.docx) files can be uploaded directly, with the same limits as PDF files: 20 MB per file, 100 pages of text at most, and the first 12 pages available as visuals. You do not need to save them as PDFs first; slides and documents go through the same creator you use to convert PDF to video.
Upload your PDF, review scenes and script, and see the credit price before you convert PDF to video as an MP4.